Legal Opinion
Barbara Jean Henderson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 15, 1967No. 21190PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:
This case raises but one issue, the validity of a border search of appellant. In spite of her violent resistance, she was compelled to submit to a procedure whereby a medical doctor removed from her vagina two rubber packets, each about two inches in diameter, together containing 93 grams of heroin.
This court has repeatedly upheld border searches of body cavities,1 including such searches carried out in spite of the violent resistance of the person searched.2 However, for reasons that will appear, we do not reach such issues here. The only question we decide is whether…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Wolf v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Breithaupt v. AbramSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by135 opinions
- State v. HartzogWashington Supreme Court · 1981
- United States v. Mary Ann HimmelwrightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. John Bacall, United States of America v. John Bacall Imports, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Jose Guadalupe-GarzaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Carol Asbury and John BruceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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